عبارت انگلیسی
feeder
معنی و توضیح
The word “feeder,” in this podcast, means the part of a copier that one puts papers into, so that the machine takes one piece of paper at a time and makes copies quickly: “Why don’t you use the feeder instead of putting the papers in one at a time?” A “bird feeder” is something that holds seeds or other food for birds to eat: “They have five bird feeders hanging on trees in their backyard, because they really like to look at the birds that come to eat there.” Finally, a “feeder school” is an elementary or middle school where all the students go to a particular high school: “Laurelhurst Middle School is a feeder school for Grant High School, which is in the same neighborhood.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Using the Copier». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 432: Using the Copier.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 432. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. Go there and download a Learning Guide for this episode that will help you improve your English even faster.
This episode is called “Using the Copier.” The “copier,” or the “photocopier,” is a machine that we use to make copies of pieces of paper – the things that are on the paper. We have a dialogue between Tim and Pam about some common problems – some common vocabulary you may encounter (you may hear) when talking about the copy machine. Let’s get started.
Tim: Damn it!
Pam: What’s the matter?
Tim: It’s this copier. My original didn’t come out of the feeder and there’s a paper jam.
Pam: Let me see if I can clear it. This machine is really temperamental.
Tim: Tell me about it.
Pam: Okay, I found your original, but it’s stuck. I’m afraid
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.